ladrone
Also 8 Sc. ladren, laydron, latherin, 7, 9 ladron, 9 lath(e)ron.
[a. early OF. ladron (see laroun):—L. latrōn-em robber. In mod. use ad. Sp. ladrón:—L. latrōn-em.]
1. Sc. (Stressed ˈladron.) Used as a vague term of reproach: Rogue, blackguard.
| a 1557 Lyndesay in Pinkerton's Sc. Poems (1792) II. 8 Quhair hes thow bene, fals ladrone lown? 1706 J. Watson's Collect. Poems i. 11 But when Indemnity came down, The Laydron caught me by the Thraple. 1718 Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xv, Whisht, ladren. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 90 Maggy wha fu' well did ken, The lurking Latherin's meaning. 1887 Service Dr. Duguid, Thou impiddent latheron! |
| attrib. 1811 Galt Ann. Parish xxiv. 159 She..would not let me..mess or mell with the lathron lasses of the clachan. |
2. (
ləˈdrəʊn.) Used
occas. in books on Spain or Spanish America for: A highwayman. Also
attrib. (see
quot. 1867).
| [1626 Shirley Brothers v. iii. (1652) 62 Ped. I am become the talk Of every Picaro and Ladron.] 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. 17 With the protection of our redoubtable Squire, Sancho, we were not afraid of all the ladrones of Andalusia. 1851 Mayne Reid Scalp Hunt. ix. 74 There are other ladrones besides the Indians. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Ladrone ship, literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war. 1883 Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. ii. 189 They would have been bold ladrones that molested any travellers conducted by him. |